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Bulgaria is not Russia’s Trojan Horse in Nato, PM Borissov tells Stoltenberg

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgaria is not Russia’s Trojan Horse in Nato but is among the alliance’s most disciplined and loyal members, Prime Minister

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Russian PM Medvedev to visit Bulgaria on March 4 and 5, hold talks with Borissov

February 25, 2019February 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Bulgaria on March 4 and 5 2019, the government information service in Sofia

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Deputy PM: Bulgaria must be ready for malicious cyber attacks in elections

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

Bulgaria must be ready for malicious cyber attacks, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said on February 11, warning that there

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Bulgaria extradites Russian to US to face cybercrime charges in ‘Methbot’ case

January 19, 2019January 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has extradited to the United States a Russian national, Alexander Zhukov, alleged to have been the ringleader in a

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Putin invited, but no date set

January 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Brexit, Russia

Both Bulgaria’s President and Prime Minister have invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country, but no date has

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Russia and Ukraine in 2019: More conflict ahead?

December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

With two elections next year, Ukraine is facing upheaval on the domestic front. Russia, meanwhile, is shaking up its foreign

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Russians top list of 20 largest groups of foreigners in Bulgaria – statistics institute

December 18, 2018December 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Israel, Macedonia, Russia, Syria, Ukraine

Russians are the largest group of foreigners in Bulgaria, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a special report, citing

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Bulgarian nationalist party congratulates Poroshenko on founding of independent Ukranian Orthodox church

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Ukraine, Valeri Simeonov

The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), an ultra-nationalist party that is part of the country’s governing coalition,

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Serbia, Russia demand UN Security Council session over Kosovo army

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

After the parliament in Pristina adopted laws that pave the way for transforming the Kosovo Security Forces (KSB) into an

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